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كمء

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns truffles, specifically their appearance, collection, and abundance. It also extends metaphorically to concepts of aging and physical ailments like cracked or bare feet.

Derived headwords

الكُمَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of al-kamīy.both

    Plural of al-kamīy.

كُمءnoun
  1. 1.
    truffleboth

    The singular form of truffle, used as a count noun.

كُمآنnoun
  1. 1.
    two trufflesboth

    The dual form of truffle, referring to two individual truffles.

أكمُوءnoun
  1. 1.
    trufflesboth

    The plural form of truffle, used when referring to three or more truffles.

كَمَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to feed trufflesclassical

    To feed a group of people truffles.

تَكَمَّؤُونverb
  1. 1.
    to gather trufflesclassical

    To go out and gather truffles, implying the act of searching for and collecting them.

أَكمَأَتverb
  1. 1.
    to become abundant in trufflesclassical

    The land became abundant in truffles, meaning truffles grew plentifully there.

أَكمَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to make oldclassical

    To make someone old or aged, metaphorically referring to the passage of time and its effects.

كَمِئَتverb
  1. 1.
    to crackclassical

    My foot became cracked, referring to a physical ailment of the skin.

كَمِئَverb
  1. 1.
    it is placed to indicate two, just as 'nahnu' is placed to indicate two or moreboth

    it is placed to indicate two, just as 'nahnu' is placed to indicate two or more

Parallel reading

الكمأة واحدها كمء على غير قياس، وهو من النوادر
The truffle, its singular is كمء, which is irregular and considered rare.
هذا كمء وهذان كمآن وهؤلاء أكموء ثلاثة
This is a truffle, and these two are truffles, and these three are truffles.
فإذا كثرت فهى الكمأة
And when they are numerous, they are the truffles.
وكمأت القوم كمأ: أطعمتهم الكمأة
And كمأ (he fed) the people كمأ (truffles): he fed them truffles.
وخرج الناس يتكمؤون، أي يجتنون الكمأة
And the people went out يتكمؤون (gathering truffles), meaning they were collecting truffles.
وأكمأت الأرض: كثرت كمأتها
And أكمأت (the land became abundant in truffles): its truffles became numerous.
وقولهم: أكمأت فلانا السن، أي شيخته
And their saying: أكمأت (he made old) so-and-so the age, meaning he made him old.
وكمئت رجلي: تشققت
And my leg كمئت (became cracked): it became cracked.
الكسائي: كمئ الرجل، إذا حفى ولم يكن عليه نعل
Al-Kisa'i said: كمئ (he was barefoot) the man, if he was barefoot and had no sandal on him.